Comparison of the construct validity of the Gray-Wilson Personality Questionnaire and the BIS/BAS scales

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1565-1582

  Knyazev, Gennadij G ^a   Slobodskaya, Helena R ^a   Wilson, Glenn D ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BASIC MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BIS BAS scales; Confirmatory factor analysis; Eysenck Personality Questionnaire; Gray Wilson Personality Questionnaire; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444469017     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2004.02.013     Document Type: Article

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